The FFXI "Gyms of Vana'diel" Self Improvement Reborn!

[Seriha]

Can you solo them?

I was soloing T+ crabs on my WAR having 3 regen atmas on. You might have to deviate from the norm some to allow something, but the ability's there. No Utsusemi or Seigan/Third Eye was involved.



More specific to the training idea, an old thing I had in the past that was in any city you could enlist in a program where, for every hour you're offline, you can maybe get 1-3 levels in a chosen skill. When you log back in, you just pay a small gil fee and the skill ups become official. Going out in the field should technically be faster, but for things like Guard and Parry, this would be a godsend.

[Jar]

Should also Add a quick easy PvP portion to this! just 1v1 no temp items just an all out brawl!

[Haldarn]

This is a fantastic idea kingfury. The graphics really help me visualise exactly what you meant (and I like the style too!). Your post got me to thinking though...

You mention a modified Mog House as the Gymnasium. Obviously this would need to be coded and would take up more disk space etc. etc. so how about using areas that already exist for the training? I'm referencing the thirty-or-so single room battlefields that are used for mission fights, BCNMs, ENMs and ISNMs (are there more? - I will admit that I haven't explored all of that kind of content in the game yet...). The more remote the location of the battlefield, the higher the tier of the training regimes that could be undertaken there.

Basically, you would enter the Gym Lobby and an NPC there could teleport you - for a small amount of tokens (with the exception of the very lowest tier, naturally) - to the entrance of the particular battlefield of your choice. You would have had to have made a visit previously to 'unlock' them, a la Abyssean Cavernous Maws. After teleporting, you select the entry point and the list of battlefields appears as normal, with "Gyms of Vana'diel" as a new option (AT THE TOP!!). When the battlefield is completed or you exit, you are teleported back to the Lobby (cue stacks of k.o.ed corpses appearing in the Gym Lobby). If you complete all Regimens at a given battlefield, you get a title (!).

This would also have a side-effect of being able to get an NPC warp to these remote locations (for Tokens) if you had another purpose there, whether it be a BCNM or merely farming adjacent areas.

Another form of 'recycling' of content we already have may be to pop the Gymnasium Lobby NPCs in the Chocobo Circuit so that the area can be accessed from all five cities.

Whaddaya think?

[Zarabi]

I support this idea. ^_^

[slakyak]

If this happens I hope they call one of the NPC's Kingfury!!

First properly good idea I've read on the forum, even better for not being exclusive to endgamers, nice one dude.

[Zarabi]

Oh yeah make an Galka NPC named King Fury. Haha woot.

[kingfury]

When I read this, the people that usually stand outside Mog Houses popped into my mind. For instance, you know the person you go to if you want to enter a party members MH? Have them not only give you an option for entering a party members MH but also a separate option for entering the gym.

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Yep ^^ in my first thoughts, there would be at least one npc standing in between two training room entrances to cater to the design that folks would be inviting others inside frequently to participate in regimens. As for zoning into the Gym itself, there would definitely be an npc or two outside the Gymnasium entrance readily offering information as to what wonders await inside, but I would opt for just an easy-smeezy "Run in Zone" or the "Click the Door to Zone" entrance that would then load the Gymnasium Lobby. Sort of like how the Tenshodo Door zone works. If it made things less system heavy for there not to be a separate "Zone" in the first place, I'd say go with that, but I'd imagine the Gyms would eventually become as popular as poor Port Jeuno became, having pools of players just hanging out there day after day. So I would think having another zone to ease the normal city area congestion may help a lot.
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There are of course a myriad of different ways such an entrance could be done though, so if it came down to what would make it easiest on the programmers, I'd say go with whatever option that is lol. I just want the place to exist ^^; Thanks for the suggestion /salute

[kingfury]

***EDIT TO ORIGINAL POST***
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RECREATIONAL GAMES
Gymnasium Games
The Adventurer's Mutual Aid Network (A.M.A.N), founders of these wonderfully diverse Gyms, realized the need to incorporate even more diversity into what activities players could enjoy whilst inside these walls after analyizing the success of the Fields of Valor programs. Thus after careful consideration of the fact that there are so many hard working men and women in Vana'diel, the A.M.A.N thought it only right to add special "Gymnasium Games" that these well-deserved folks could enjoy after a long days work or adventure.
Description: Full details coming soon. Possible Games include:
-PvP
-Survival
-Time Attack
-Enemy Hordes
-TP/MP Bonanza
-and more
Extra Notes: A special functionality will be birthed from the Gymnasium Games called "Player Challenges", which could offer tournament-style leader boards, that could yield even more rewards (like special Medals) to the highest achievers within the Gym Games.
Post Notes: Please bare with me as I will post the details 1st, but I will want to add illustrations soon after.
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[Samunai]

hae no raed a word (ok maybe three or four ) but i <3 ur drawings

nah good idea, looks similar to the fields of valor but if we dont loose exp when we die (and have auto-rr?) then its realyl cool (sounds like a mix of WoE and Fields of Valor imo )

[viion]

This is absolutely amazing, awesome work